The Industrial Nation

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the Cumberland

America's first national railroad

Who's method of assembling cars piece by piece on a moving belt was called the assembly line?

Henry Ford

Competition is a strong motivation factor in industrial production.

True

England's textile industry was greatly boosted by new inventions.

True

New Orleans, Louisville, and St. Louis grew from steamboat trade.

True

New labor-saving devices caused agricultural production to increase.

True

Production during war time is greatly increased.

True

Railroads caused increased production in other industries.

True

Rural families and Irish immigrants supplied England's work force.

True

The invention of labor-saving devices for the farmer was known as the Agricultural Revolution.

True

The national road built in 1811 was the Cumberland Road.

True

Whitney

cotton gin

By 1914, the five leading industries in the United States were:

food, textiles, iron, steel, lumber

The South had the following elements for large plantations:

good climate rich soil slave labor

Wood

iron plow

Who invented the printing press?

Johann Guttenburg

Ford

ModelT

The United States wanted to prove to England that:

it was not inferior it could succeed in industry

the Erie Canal

joined Lake Erie with the Hudson River

Edison

light bulb

Uses of electricity in industry included:

light supply operating communication systems

Natural resources adding to the development of industry in the United States were:

coal supple rivers and streams

Kay

flying shuttle

Uses of oil included:

lubrication for machine parts kerosene for lamps

The Industrial Revolution in the United States was made possible by:

natural resources manpower

Drake

oil well

Cooper

steam-driven locomotive

MCCORMICK

REAPING MACHINE

The religious revolution in Europe that began by reforming Catholicism and ended by establishing Protestantism was called the:

Reformation

The making of goods in large numbers is called

mass production

Sources of wealth in nature, such as lumber, oil, coal, and so on, are called:

natural resources

Gutenburg

printing press

McCormick

reaping machine

coke

refined coal

Howe

sewing machine

Hargreaves

spinning jenny

To be "brought to conformity to a standard" or "making all alike" means to be:

standardized

Inventions improving the distribution of industry's products included the:

steam driven locomotive ModelT

Watt

steam engine

Oliver

steel plow

Morse

telegraph code

Bell

telephone

Developments improving business communication included the:

telephone telegraph

Field

transatlantic cable

As goods were produced in greater numbers, cost to the consumer went down.

true

LOWELL

CLOTHING FACTORY

WHITNEY

COTTON GIN

merger

a combining of entities

Wright

airplane

Lowell

clothing factory

Which of the natural resources in the United States aided industrial growth?

coal lumber fast-moving streams varied climate iron ore

The Cumberland Road was a concrete road.

False

The War of 1812 was spurred by:

- British ships capturing American sailors - British sailors deserting to American ships - Indian attacks blamed on Great Britin

The reasons that Congress passed the Embargo Act in 1807 was:

- it cut off trade with England - it increased production in the US - it cut off trade with all foreign countries

What were the advantages of mass production?

- lower product cost to the consumer - greater number of goods produced

Why did American industry switch from home businesses to factories?

-New machines needed a power source, so production had to be near one. -Machines were too large for homes. -Machines were too expensive for home businessmen.

International Respect

A

Production

A

Trade

A

PROTESTANT

CATHOLIC

HOWE

SEWING MACHINE

Baltimore and Ohio

America's first railroad

Fulton

Clermont

A rebirth of trade and commerce in Europe was brought about by the:

Crusades

Human Life

D

Who's system of standardized parts made uniform parts that could be exchanged for broken or worn parts?

Eli Whitney

CRUSADERS

FOUGHT TO FREE JERUSALEM

Colonial goods were hauled by trains.

False

England was eager to share its industrial achievements with America.

False

Lower costs of raw materials reduced profits in the textile industry.

False

Steamships allowed goods to be shipped downstream for the first time.

False

The steam engine and the sewing machine were inventions of the Agricultural Revolution.

False

The success of the Erie Canal helped make Boston a shipping giant.

False

The telegraph allowed voice communication between cities.

False

What impact did Gutenberg's printing press have on the spread of God's Word?

Faster production of Bibles was possible More people had access to Scriptures

Duryea

Ford's competition

WOOD

IRON PLOW

The change from hand labor to machine labor was brought about during the period of time known as the:

Industrial Revolution

The steam engine used to power other machines was invented by:

James Whatt

LUTHER

LED REFORMATION

The change of the Industrial Revolution was from hand labor to

MACHINE PRODUCTION

Who led the Reformation movement?

Martin Luther

Between A.D. 500 - 1500 life was centered around the castle and the lands of the lords. This time is known as the:

Middle Ages

Businessmen from______had made fortunes in trade and shipbuilding and wanted to invest in United States industry.

New England

By the early 1900s, what were the leading production areas in the United States?

North Central States Mid-Atlantic States

After the Civil War, the remained strong industrially, but the lacked sufficient capital to invest in business.

North, South

GUTENBERG

PRINTING PRESS

HARGREAVES

SPINNING JENNY

WATT

STEAM ENGINE

OLIVER

STEEL PLOW

Before 1811, roads badly needed improvement.

True

The Northern economy was largely industrial, but the southern economy was based on agriculture.

True

War brings reduced unemployment.

True


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